Christy Nielsen   City/State: Council Bluffs, IA DOB: 5/20/75 Age: 32 2008 Olympic Trials Qualifying Performance:  2:44.50   Personal Bests:                Marathon:             2:43:27 (1997)   Qualifying Performance:                2:44:50    Austin (2006)   Previous Olympic Team Trials Marathon Performances:                 03Apr04                 St. Louis                55th        2:48:44                 26Feb00                Columbia, SC        91st         2:58:32   World Marathon Majors Performances: 22Oct06       The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon        51st         2:49:25 02Nov03        ING New York City Marathon                   DNF        17Apr00        Boston Marathon                                      47th        2:57:16 Other Notable Marathon Performances:                 06May07                Lincoln                   2nd          2:54:23                 04Mar07                 Little Rock              2nd          2:59:03                 11Feb07                 Mercedes              1st           2:53:04                 07May06                Lincoln                   1st           2:52:14                 19Feb06                Austin                     8th           2:44:50                 02Oct05                 Twin Cities             6th           2:45:19                 01May05                Lincoln                   1st           2:49:51                 06Mar05                 Little Rock              1st           2:58:47                 17Oct04                 Des Moines            1st           2:47:01                 02May04                Lincoln                   1st           2:54:57                05Apr03                 USA Women's Championship                                                     (St. Louis)        11th        2:47:03                 26Sep99                 Quad Cities           1st           2:56:31                 20Jun98                  Grandma's            21st         2:49:05                 15Feb98                 Austin                    5th          2:47:36                 18Jan98                  San Diego             2nd         2:48:24                 07Dec97                 Memphis               1st           2:43:27   Career Notes: A prodigious marathoner, Christy Nielsen has run no fewer than 21 marathons in the past decade, often completing several within a just a few months. With one DNF aside, Nielsen has shown remarkable consistency, never running over three hours, and actually winning eight events outright. Among those races are two Olympic Trials marathons, in 2000 and 2004. Nielsen was just 23 years old when she ran her PR of 2:43:27 and 25 years old when she took part in her first Olympic Trials.  Links:     Coolrunning.com interview (2004)